neverlined man would order tohe truth in publicity. interview today at 4:00 with on "katie" on abc 7. we have another hour of news and it starts right now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> it was really just a matter everything changed. >> people in northeast cleaning blizzard.he >> a remarkable job in red light camera tickets in rockville. jummy olabanji will break down the numbers. we've got a warm up on the way. outside live look rosslyn this morning. wet roads as well. good morning, washington. i am cynne simpson. >> i am scott thuman. glad to have you along as we begin the work week. every newith forecast. jeras.o to jacqui

damp, but it will not last long. coming to an end a few hours from now. live super doppler showing most maryland, eastn the metro area. but we still have spotty showers in loudoun and in to fairfax county and towards dale city along interstate 95. 0.-6 it is ofro point inches of rain. we could see a few hints of sunshine late today. overall pretty cloudy, but very mild. '50s.atures well in the we have that look forward to at least. let's check on traffic as things are wet this morning. ,ow is everybody handling it jamee? >>

plans for extra time for sure and with the wet road. here we are on pennsylvania avenue, doing ok, but with wet pavement. leave plenty of braking distance. seat pleasant , still dealing with an fire off eastern avenue. eastern is closed between and 704. buses are a little slow right there as a result. the beltway looks fabulous for everybody. back to you. people from two parts of the country are cleaning up a mess weather.nd by severe >> a state of emergency in effect in southern mississippi after a tornado touched down. >> right outside my hotel. >> the twister in hattiesburg trees, damaged

hundreds of buildings. from the area describes experience. hear's just like you tornadoes described. loud and fast. the buildings were shaking and trees were flying by. this is like walking out of the katrina.er trees laying on everything and many projects to prove it. >> dozens of people were injured. no one died. governor will for today.astation >> a tornado touched down as people across the fromeast are digging out this weekend's monster lizard. some places are digging out from under more than 3 feet of snow. schools are closed and crews are working to restore power to hundreds of thousands. slowly being cleared resumingts are slowly at area airports. on the have much more atanup in a live report 6:15. >> we are following a story out of white oak. teenager facing murder charges

killing his 7-month-old sister. terrible story. police say he was watching the mother was at work. john gonzalez is live near the in white oak this morning .ith the latest >> that's right. the home is just feet from where we are standing. morning isstion this this a tragic accident waslving two children or there a deliberate intent to kill? in this apartment, he beat her repeatedly and then cover the girl,and nose of the baby crying.e stopped that's when the 14-year-old aguiluc told police. " she never had a chance at life. it's a shame. now it is really two lives taken away because he just lost his life. the teenager was babysitting inconsistent pierce denied prepare a 39-year-old mother at 10:00.ork

and gone home at 5:30 the next morning to find a baby in a car seat in the apartment and .esponsive >> in maryland it is permissible watch aa 14-year-old to sibling under normal circumstances. the charge is first-degree murder. the teenager will make his first appearance this afternoon during a bond hearing. reporting live in white oak, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> thank you so much. we have some major breaking news just coming into abc 7. >> there's word that the pope is resigning. .et's get to jummy olabanji >> this information still coming into the newsroom at this moment. pope benedict 16 has announced resign on its february 28, in just a couple weeks. their office is not giving any reasons right now for him stepping down. been the popee's

of 2005, about eight following the death of ii. john paul we are hoping to get more information. cnn and bbc and everyone all disinformation. very 28.pping down on we hope to have more in a few .inutes back to you. guidette family will keep a close eye on this story. 6 is the time, 37 degrees right now. much more to come, including the latest on the manhunt in los angeles. >> police evacuated a

>> welcome back. still seeing some rain coming down. picture inive rosslyn, in the arlington area some sprinkles. most of it is moved on through. that's good news. we want to check in with jacqui jeras keeping an eye on things. good morning. lasting a couple hours. if it is a cold start this morning. look at temperatures. d.c., 37s right now in dulles, 36 in frederick this morning. culpeper, 39. 38 in quantico, 37 in manassas. most of the rain has already d.c.d east of still seeing steady rain in maryland, light rain. it's coming to an end in virginia. traveling today, with the impacts blizzard. live pictures from hartford, connecticut. of just record snowfall

about two feet. been cleared for them and people are out and moving. are clearing up at the airports as well. we will see the rain come to an midmorning around here. skies with high temperatures in the mid to upper 50's. your seven-day forecast is minutes away. need to know how the roads , jamee. >> always leave extra time when there is wet pavement and light showers. have any major but you will need the extra time. show you this, best,lity is not the there's road spray. in falls church, eastbound will delays coming off the beltway. westbound is ok. at beach drive and connecticut you can see the heavy rain coming down in the area. 270 volume duran-stanton anti-

tank, but everything is open. is building, but open.hing is >> we have received word from vatican the pope is expected theesign at the end of month. conferencea press month. conferencea press coming up from

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this is the next chapter for the rx and the nextxt chapter for lex. this is the pursuit of perfection. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- back.come update you on the breaking news. word that the pope is end ofg to resign at the this month. he has released a statement to reuters saying that he is and that his strength longer adequate in order office, given his

advanced age. he took over at age 78. now it is being reported that at of the month he will resign. there will be a press conference the vatican in about minutes, so stay with us. updateill continue to you on the latest. also, we're following in the manhunt in california. a $1 million reward for information which would lead police to the former lapd dorner.christopher he is suspected of killing three people. police are guarding a man who is of hisd to be one targets. evacuated a store in the sanford reportedal after a sighting this weekend. he about to kill more police officers and their families in for his 2008 firing. >> we have some rain out there. the good news is it's getting of fear. >> it probably will be over by

9:00, just a little misty. there's a fun question. snow fromk all the england and in new on top of the national mall, how tall wood that reach >> i have no idea. >> 1,600 miles. that's what bob ryan says. blog on really fun wjla.com/weather. there's the new jersey coast line and there's long island and there's cape cod. the snow covering. there is lake ontario. there's the finger lakes. of us is justop clouds. we are in a snow drought. it's raining again this morning. you can see it is all pushing

the east of d.c. now. in another couple hours everybody will be done. it is a massive system. swirling across the great lakes, conditions into western the dakotas. across the deep south is where the tornado occurred last night in mississippi. doppler is still showing light rain across the area. 0.11 inches in d.c. it is a cold rain. 38 degrees. until is only 33. 37 at dulles and manassas. fredericksburg this morning, 39. average high is 46. be well above that this afternoon. talking mid 50's expected today. clearing skies expected tonight into tomorrow. another system headed our way, interesting before valentine's day. light rain until midmorning today, 52-58.

the increasing clouds tonight, 32-38. adam caskey has more on the forecast, carrying an umbrella at the national .arbor >> their steady rain and national harbor off and on. thecan hear it against umbrella. light.airly take you to the road surface. there's a little splashing. it's not the heaviest rain. just a nice little healthy can usesomething we in washington. 38 degrees at the national harbor. let's look at the extended forecast. in the 50s today. the rain will be ending in the couple hours. a few sticks of sunshine late afternoon into the early evening. partly cloudy tomorrow, 50 degrees, above average. here's the tricky part, wednesday night into early thursday morning. looks like we will have another

cold rain. chance we could see snow mix in there. if a late wednesday into wednesday night. up to a few areas of light snow and there's a morning. a lot needs to come together for to come to a fruition. we will keep a close eye on that. another few snow flurries on the weekend as well. now let's look at the roads with .amee >> i hope your shoes are waterproof the with the rain and drizzle. need extra time. make sure the windshield wipers are working. good morning, rockville. drops. see rain no problems to report on 270. we see that every morning. out of frederick towards 109 and the truck scales. travel lanes open. there's road spray for everyone. georgia avenue, oxon hill, the capital beltway a, no problems. in virginia, lanes are open on volume.

>> 6:00 hour 20. talking business, gas prices shooting up again and a popular urban company accused of down.ng >> rob nelson has more. good morning. gas prices keep rising. national averages $3.58 a up 7 cents in the past week. there's more than enough gas and oil. american airlines expected merger with u.s. airways and it would have nine major hubs. it would be run by the u.s. ceo.ys thief debuted at $37 million despite the blizzard in the northeast and it's the biggest opening so far this year. maker's mark is watering down

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6:00 hour 25 now. to the breaking news from 20 minutes ago. willope has announced he resigning on february 28. he made the announcement during with cardinals this morning. the announcement in latin. 6:25 is the time. a very surprising announcement, because the pope usually continues his duties .ntil death he sent out to a tweet yesterday's and "we must trust the mighty power of god's

mercy. we are all sinners, and his grace transforms us and makes us ."w that is leading to speculation kind ofre is some controversy. says that, due to his age, decision withe freedom to resign and that longer has the strength adequately continue office due to his advanced age. >> the significance of this cannot overstated. this is the first time in 600 pope has resigned of holding the post until desks. there's a process that will be nt in place quickly sonat a pope can be put in before easter. he's in his 80s now. he will be resigning at the end. >> he was one of the oldest was electedhen he age of 78, following the

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>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. welcome back. straight ahead at 6:30, pope benedict xvi is resigning. >> we have the details on this breaking news as well as a conference coming up from the vatican. good morning, washington. monday, february 11. a very busy news day. i am scott thuman. >> i am cynne simpson. getting a look at what's

locally, we will meteorologist jacqui jeras. >> a wet start here. steady rain in maryland and east of the 95 corridor. you can see on live super especially east of the district, raindrops. be over by the middle of the morning at the worst. expecting a cloudy and mild day with high temperatures in the mid 50's. interesting for week just of the valentine's day. bringoastal system could mix.wintry there's not much confidence in will do to the area. more details in the seven-day forecast, minutes away. the roads are wet, jamee. >> extra time needed for everybody. out of dale city and out of as well as aaquia, city, off andale on the brakes. this is a camera headed towards springfield. 395, there'sand

gonna. metro, drv, marc trains on schedule. beltway and 395, there is volume. back to you. 6:31. back to our breaking news. frompictures to show you the vatican. pope benedict xvi has announced resigning at the end month on a very 28. there's a press conference that happening live at the vatican might now. we are getting some pictures. so, a release was given out by the vatican radio website. right now this is video, not happening live. there's a full statement the is thatlaining why it he's announcing his resignation. he says that his strength in the last few months has

, that he recognizes inadequacy it to willjob and that he the ministry of bishops .f rome >> the significance of this is massive. pe has resigned for more than 600 years. typically remains in until debts. him to of made this the cardinals are in place to begin a process where we would have a new pope named by the end of march, before easter. this is stepping down on 28.uary el monte has been on top of this -- jummys has more

olabanji has been on top of this. down atll be stepping market.of this he said that "in today's world, in order to govern, the mind and body are necessary." at the age of 85, he says he not have the strength to continue with his duties. in the year 1416, that was the time a poker resigned. he will officially leave the at night on a:00 separate 28 -- will be leaving that office. the pope has been in office of 2005, so almost eight years. he took over after the death of pope john paul ii. will turn 86 in april, so he is getting a little older. we expect a news conference will vatican in just a

moments. we are waiting for more of information. they are setting the stage now conference to elect a pope before the end of march. whens just about the time world willround the easter.rating we do hope to get more information in a couple minutes breaking news story from rome.as in back to you. thank you so much. has made his mark, into social media with twitter accounts. he personally tweeted over the few months. a lot of questions with not many answers yet, but we hope to hear from the vatican. everything that's being latin and isin being translated. we will share it with you when it.et >> there's no clear successor. when pope benedict was installed pope, he was a leading

contender. as of now, they don't know who be.next one will >> the vatican pledges they will work very quickly to make sure elected.a successor not surprisingly, las vegas and taking gambling the successor who will be. our brainsng to wrap around what is happening and the s why he's stepping down. says it is due to a span is longer feeling he can serve to his ability. we're dealing with rainfall in the d.c. area and other parts of with morey dealing severe weather. governor of mississippi will hattiesburg to get a look damage left from a tornado. the twister knocked down trees, damaged homes and commercial thedings and parts of university of southern mississippi campus. weather service

people werean 50 injured, but no one died. >> 6:36. to theger storm snow, recordl that amounts. slowly getting back normal for some amtrak.tation like >> let's check in woodbrige and at union station with a look and how the transportation .s picking upper >> a busy morning already at station and several trains station towards york and farther north. today there will be limited service between new york and boston. bad is good news to get the moving onceon again. crews are still working to clean of the tracks and pick thend down the trees along tracks as well. part of the cleanup the record snowfall in the northeast. people over their waking up cars areding their buried under mounds of snow. thousands of people remain in utility crews worked to get power back on.

schools in boston are closed today. has been lifted that was in place on the weekend. open andare back resuming service. get back toing to normal. is theyord from amtrak have trains running between boston, with limited service. in the northeast your, they say to check on train before heading to the station. brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> thank you. brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> thank you. it's 37 degrees,

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>> we're taking you live right the vatican and in rome where you are hearing now that he's speaking in latin. the papal spokesman, lombardi. he is briefing reporters in ofly about the resignation

benedict xvi, who has announced he will step down of about28 after serving eight years in the post. the pope says he simply does not continuestrength to his ministry rate now. will be turning 86 in april. this is the first time in pope has0 years that a stepped down. the last one who died was in was pope john ii. this is breaking news overseas. from the papal lombardi, father speaking in latin. hoping on getting the translation and we hope to on what he's saying. do know in about two weeks, pope benedict xvi will be down, the first time a pope has stepped down in nearly 600 years.

>> thank you for that. to pope's words, "in order gospel of st. peter, both strength of mind and body are necessary. i have had to recognize my to adequately fulfill ministry entrusted to me." those are the words of the pope. >> made remarks in latin to his cardinals earlier today. a spokesperson from the vatican making comments in a press to the world exactly is going on. the process from here, a conclave is expected to announce pope before the end of march. continue following breaking news

>> 6:44 now. 10 men dead after a blast at a in northern mining regions. russian news says searchers are for them. because of a buildup of methane gas. a man charged with plotting with want toember 11 attacks if the u.s. government is conversations. this is after an incident month in which a government monitoring a pretrial the cord sound system to prevent the potential release of what it claimed was classified information. at least 36 people are dead stampede at a train station in northern india. the station's platform was crowded with pilgrims attending festival that attracts millions of people per year.

witnesses sale last minute platform change caused people to rush to another platform. are really spokesperson says the after someonered fell from the platform bridge. investigators are looking into a tragic accident involving a cruise ship costs of the canary islands of spain. >> in lifeboat fell upside down into the ocean during a safety drill. five crew members were killed and three others injured. about 1400 passengers on board. there were not involved in the accident. >> nearly 4000 passengers and expanded on board notcarnival triumph may until wednesday afternoon. the ship left texas last week but a fire inco, the main engine room knocked out power and the propulsion system. carnival says a typical crews on aontinuing to work but they've sent a tugboat control been shipped to the nearest port. passengers will be flown home arrived. >> let's turn to the penn state

scandal. report commissioned by the state coach jerry sandusky said that joe paterno wrong, but he was of a rush to injustjustice. the family argues the findings the report published last by louis freeh were not fact.ted by --glass and published last july by louis freeh. paternal response to her husbandthat going on, on "katie" today. >> he wanted to make the lives of children better, not harming them. vile.

she said her husband was a man who neverined twisted the truth to avoid bad publicity. see that the full interview today at 4:00 on abc 7 with katie couric. >> children often are exposed to are the victims of dramatic events. new reports as little is known about how to treat them. 3 a people under the age of 18 experience at least one dramatic events including violence,and other crashes, and weather disasters. not several long-term problems, a 13% will develop symptoms of post- stress.c >> gunfire during weekend mardi gras celebrations in new orleans. an argument led to gunfire on bourbon street saturday night. men and two women suffered non-life-threatening injuries. investigators are reviewing well asvideo as of thelance tapes between one of the the suspects to involved.hose let's take a live look at

bourbon street. working.e still street sweepers are getting the area cleaned up. of the celebrations seem to down in the city that seldom sleeps. the mardi gras revelry continues grastoday's lundi festivities. on the banks mississippi river to ask control ofurnover the city. is harryred performer jr and his crew of orpheus in the big easy. thatyear ago today houstonlegend whitney dead in the bathtub at the beverly hills hotel. just one night before the grammy ceremony. music executive clive davis held pre-awards party. he said that his life continues by the singer's death. houston was 48 years old.

the music world honored its at the grammy awards last night. group of british full croppers were among the winners. -- folk rockers. >> the grammys goes to mumford & sons. >> mumford & sons got album of for their platinum selling album. there was not one artists whwo walked away with a lot of trophies. >> we want to get another happening att's the vatican. jummy olabanji has the latest on .reaking news >> we just get an update from the associated press. brothers says his should nod him he longer take transatlantic trips do to help. will turn 86 years old in april. just two months away. he is getting older. this resignation may have to do

aging and his health. we do know that just a few papal spokesman, lombardi, was speaking to reporters, updating them on a situation. video of the press conference that happened a few minutes ago. speaking in latin, so we're waiting for the of what he was saying. do know that all this broke surprise this morning as with others meeting bishops and brothers and told not have the strength anymore to continue. he has been in this position since april of 2005, following the death of pope john paul ii. get the full transcript his official statement. come trueat he has this trend ishat fulfillr adequate his ministry. 8 atn on very 20 an

8:00 p.m. continue following this so stay with us here and website. >> that story comes as quite a surprise. pope say that his issues requiring him to down. conclave which will successor for him. sure that process is getting underway right now. a decision of great importance for the church and the life of the church, the ope says. the pope led data jacqui jeras on the web. t meteorologist doug hill has latest on the forecast. >> temperatures above freezing, ice inoncerns about our area. let's look at the doppler radar. there is a little rain left over the city.t of that will move on to the eastern

shore. temperatures in the 30's in most spots. clearly in the 40's in lexington degrees in st. mary's county right now. the satellite and radar, at the edge of this energy system for the responsible tornado in hattiesburg, mississippi, yesterday. an area of low pressure will out. sunshine this afternoon for us. movement ofsterly grain. little high pressure will move sunshine tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon and evening, for clouds to increase. rain and a mix will be moving in. call on that right now. if we will see cloudy skies maybe a glimpse of , highs in the mid to upper 50's, above-average. the next round of precipitation wednesday night into thursday. things should settle down remainder of the

workweek. let's check the latest on the commute with jamee whitten. southboundstate 270 divide, trying to rearrange vehicles involved in a crash. it's right at the decision point to go left to the bethesda the 270n to spur. beltway has normal delays out of college park andrew silver ,pring, on 95 out of dale city fairly heavy. back to you. >> we begin with a live today's top stories. we get to jummy olabanji at desk. >> -- live desk. >> pope benedict will step down on 328 at 8:00 p.m., citing his

aging asons and his the reason. confirmed that his told him he can no take transatlantic truck spill. to stepe first pope nearly 600 years. be following this all morning. .heck back with us sa >> travel is starting to pick up in the northeast. amtrak will have limited service between new york and boston. the driving ban has been lifted starting toare resume service. airports are back open and is almost back to normal. digging out. boston schools are closed. a lot to do after the blizzard. back to you. thank you so much. 6:55. another update. a huge surprising news out of the vatican this morning. benedict xvi is resigning forhe end of this month, 28, saying that being the

leader requires strength of mind body and then he says he no that. has >> he made the announcement morning to its vatican city. they gave a press conference to world, which is just winding down. the process moving forward is that there will been conclave to who the next pope will be. typically there is a traditional time, but obviously not the case this time. pope will be by the end of march. >> a last look at the weather. the wet weather only through morning commute and then will look better. adam caskey, good morning. >> i have shared my raincoat and currently 39or, degrees. widespread 30's. the rain will be coming to an

end this morning. possibly a few peaks of sun this afternoon. today, high temperatures in the '50s. mid 50's for most of us. jacqui? >> looks pretty good overall today. we will be cooling down for much of the rest of the week. a little chance of snow mainly again on sunday. overall, it's pretty calm week. let's check on traffic. jamee. >> we know it's raining and people will have to take it slow. dryer by this afternoon. >> thanks so much. 6:00 hour 57 is the time. thanks for watching. "good morning america" is next. we will continue to follow the out of thelopments vatican this morning. day.a great we will see you at noon.